2008–09 Korisliiga season
# 2008–09 Korisliiga season

The Korisliiga is the premier basketball league in Finland. The 2008-09 season was the 69th Finnish club basketball season. It began on October 3, 2008 and ended on May 16, 2009. Namika Lahti won the Final series by 3-0 against Joensuun Kataja. Antti Nikkilä won the MVP Award and Vesa Mäkäläinen won the Finals MVP Award.

## Regular season

| # | Team | G | W | L | PF/G | PA/G | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Joensuun Kataja | 44 | 32 | 12 | 92.3 | 82.6 | 64 |
| 2 | Kouvot | 44 | 29 | 15 | 80.3 | 73.6 | 58 |
| 3 | Espoon Honka | 44 | 28 | 16 | 77.3 | 71.3 | 56 |
| 4 | Namika Lahti | 44 | 27 | 17 | 81.0 | 77.8 | 54 |
| 5 | UU-Korihait | 44 | 27 | 17 | 79.3 | 75.9 | 54 |
| 6 | KTP-Basket | 44 | 23 | 21 | 79.1 | 77.9 | 46 |
| 7 | Tampereen Pyrintö | 44 | 22 | 22 | 83.6 | 82.6 | 44 |
| 8 | Torpan Pojat | 44 | 20 | 24 | 73.4 | 78.0 | 40 |
| 9 | Lappeenrannan NMKY | 44 | 18 | 26 | 79.6 | 83.5 | 36 |
| 10 | Forssan Koripojat | 44 | 18 | 26 | 78.4 | 81.2 | 36 |
| 11 | Team Componenta | 44 | 13 | 31 | 74.3 | 82.8 | 26 |
| 12 | Porvoon Tarmo | 44 | 7 | 37 | 72.3 | 83.8 | 14 |

## Individual leaders

Statistics are for the regular season.

### Scoring

| Rank | Name | Team | PPG |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Jeremiah Wood | Joensuun Kataja | 20.1 |
| 2. | Larry Blair | Joensuun Kataja | 19.6 |
| 2. | HL Coleman | Lappeenrannan NMKY | 19.4 |
| 4. | Frank Richards | Team Componenta | 19.4 |
| 5. | Steve Smith | KTP-Basket | 18.2 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | APG |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Frank Richards | Team Componenta | 4.1 |
| 2. | Damon Williams | Tampereen Pyrintö/KTP-Basket | 4.0 |
| 3. | Larry Blair | Joensuun Kataja | 4.0 |
| 4. | Ilkka Vuori | Namika Lahti | 3.9 |
| 5. | Chanan Colman | Espoon Honka/Lappeenrannan NMKY | 3.5 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | RPG |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1. | DeWayne Richardson | Porvoon Tarmo | 12.7 |
| 2. | Jeremiah Wood | Joensuun Kataja | 12.4 |
| 3. | Ray Cunningham | Forssan Koripojat | 10.5 |
| 4. | Damon Williams | Tampereen Pyrintö/KTP-Basket | 10.4 |
| 5. | Clifton Jones | Team Componenta | 9.4 |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Joensuun Kataja | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Torpan Pojat | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Torpan Pojat | 0 | Joensuun Kataja | Joensuun Kataja | 3 | | | |
| | | | Tampereen Pyrintö | Tampereen Pyrintö | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Kouvot | 0 | Tampereen Pyrintö | Tampereen Pyrintö | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Tampereen Pyrintö | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Tampereen Pyrintö | 3 | | | | Joensuun Kataja | Joensuun Kataja | 0 |
| | | | | | | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | 3 |
| 3 | Espoon Honka | 3 | | | | | | | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | 3 |
| 6 | KTP-Basket | 0 | | | |
| 6 | KTP-Basket | 0 | Espoon Honka | Espoon Honka | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | 3 |
| 4 | Namika Lahti | 3 | Namika Lahti | Namika Lahti | 3 | Espoon Honka | Espoon Honka | 74 |
| 5 | UU-Korihait | 1 | | | | Tampereen Pyrintö | Tampereen Pyrintö | 83 |
